Search Results: Humour from Ariadne Books

New York: Dutton, 1994. First printing, February 1994. Hardback. Unpaginated. Black cloth spine over white boards. Dust jacket. This captivating and unique book tells the tale of six feline couples head-over heels in love - six unforgettable love stories told through the cats' passionate correspondence. Book in very good condition. A little light soiling to boards and their lower edges. Ex libris plate of Ann Ridler to the front pastedown. Dust jacket very good. Generally lightly soiled. Spine somewhat faded.

London: John Murray, 1958. Small Hardback. 69pp. Dust jacket. Collection of cartoons commenting on daily life in the mid-twentieth century. 1958 was a fruitful year with a spate of public events that "show us at our best" - or at our worst; and whatever our individual or collective reactions may have been, Osbert Lancaster adds the coup-de-grace often through the mouth of that undeterred heroine Lady Littlehampton. Book in very good condition. Some light spotting to endpapers and very sporadically elsewhere, otherwise clean and bright. Dust jacket good and unclipped. generally a little rubbed and lightly soiled, some slight loss to extremities of spine.

London: Hutchinson, 2016. First edition. Hardback. 169pp. No jacket (as issued). Decorative covers. A sparkling selection of wit and wisdon from P. G. Wodehouse, highlighting the most hilarious scrapes thatb his characters get into when pickled, plastered, polluted or otherwise 'tight as an owl'. New and unread.

London: Doubleday, 2002. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Very Good. Quentin Blake. Doubleday, London, 2002. First edition. Book condition: near fine. Dust jacket condition: Very good. Unclipped. Very small closed tear to top edge (apprx 2.5mm) and a small number of very small marks to the cream jacket. For over thirty years, John Julius Norwich has been sending out his Christmas Crackers - a personal collection of quirky quotes and literary odds and ends - to his friends instead of a Christmas card. Every decade, these have beedn collected into a best-selling anthology. Now Quentin Blake has made a selection of favourite pieces from Lord Norwich's commonplace book, an illustrated them in his own inimitable style.

London: Simon & Schuster, 2009. First edition. Hardback. Very Good/No dust jacket issued.. Simon & Schuster, London, 2009. First edition. Book condiiton: very good - just a litle shelf wear. No dust jacket issued. Illustrated laminated boards and lots of photographs and illustrations.

London: Picador, 2011. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Very Good. Picador, London, 2011. First edition. Book condition: near fine and unread. Dust jacket condition: very good with only very slight shelf wear around the edges. This is the book of the Radio 4 series of the same name. Essentially a chronicle of life in twenty-first-century Britain, A Point of View is informed and informative, thoughtful and thought-provoking - but above all, entertaining. In short, it's a damn good read.

London: Folio Society, 1997. Folio Society, 1997. Hardback. 239pp. Original slipcase. A great selection Of Oscar Wilde's writing. Illustrated by Ian Archie Beck. Book in fine condition and unread. Original slipcase very good. Slight fading around the edges and just an occasional slight mark. Minor indentation to one edge and a scuff to another.